One family in America makes three quarters of the world's peppermint oil; making state-of-the-art, performance-enhancing tennis rackets.
Making a trombone; making traditional Spanish wineskins; turning smelly muddy peat into rejuvenating face cream.
Over 35 million people love to surf; a look at how they make the perfect board for catching waves; exploring how the world eats 10 million tonnes of butter per year.
Self-healing stainless steel is produced at one of the world's largest steel mills; cash is kept safe with uncrackable locks and the traditional Indian sugar, jaggery, is made to use in Ayurvedic medicine.
How geoduck, one of the world's weirdest seafood delicacies, is harvested; how a head of steam is built up on one of South Africa's oldest working trains; how water polo players are protected from injury.
One of the world's most exclusive luxury cars is built from carbon fiber and bullet-proof Kevlar; see how referees' whistles are made; learning how smoky flavour goes into Spanish paprika.
Discover how foundations are driven hundred of metres into the ground; how English willow is turned into cricket bats for India's top players; how beautiful Spanish fans are handcrafted.
How a tractor is built every three minutes in order to power Indian agriculture; bronze bells are cast to help Swiss farmers keep track of their cows; how streets are lit to make roads safer.
How millions of real nests are collected to make bird's nest soup; aerospace technology makes rowers go faster; how Spanish flamenco castanets are created.
The power of the world's biggest engines are quadrupled with turbochargers; new roads are built from old plastic waste; one particular style of kite is the national symbol of Malaysia.
Looking at how they harness the wind to power a racing yacht to Olympic gold; how they make a sword fit for an officer at the world's largest sword factory.
Investigating how they make the amplifier used by rock legends, the famous Marshall amp; how they turn wet clay into frost-proof garden pots.
A look at the challenge of cleaning the windows of the Petronas Towers, the world's tallest twin towers; how jigsaw puzzle pieces are made to be unique; how Olympic field hockey sticks are crafted from fiberglass and kevlar.
An investigation into how all the features of an apartment are put into a motorhome; sugar and fine art; ballet shoes.
An investigation into how huge amounts of mushrooms are made in the world's mushroom capital each year; life saving gloves.
An investigation into mining a million tons of fertilizer from beneath the sea; how to hand-print colorful clothes using batik; natural syrup.
How basmati rice is turned into millions of microwaveable meals.
An investigation into a sensitive hearing aid developed by Swiss engineers; comfortable commuting; the art of shadow puppetry.
An investigation into the remote-controlled machines completing tasks too dangerous for human divers; handmade teddy bears; India's favorite cheese.
Scottish manufacturers use pedal power to weave a high-demand fabric for catwalks throughout the world; an Italian company leads the turnaround of the turntable; an Icelandic delicacy has a fishy tale to becoming edible.
Humble horsehair is turned into a bed fit for royalty; a 20-million-dollar, space-faring picnic basket keeps astronauts fed and watered for months at a time; subterranean salad is grown in a World War II bomb shelter below London's busy streets.
An Italian manufacturer makes a hat with enough flair for Hollywood's biggest stars; a low-fat, Icelandic dairy dish is set on conquering the world; a British company is engineering the ultimate commuter companion.
Manufacturers give a behind-the-scenes look at the chart-topping, six-string star of rock and roll; the motorsports secrets to racing around the clock with a road car turned endurance racer; the popular seafood spread made from cod roe.
Engineers look at Pisa's gravity-defying tower that has been tipping for 800 years; a lucky duck is unharmed while its down is used in the world's most-expensive duvets; a factory reveals the gastronomic genius behind a teatime accompaniment.
History's greatest moments are preserved for all time on skin; the fastest moving object in the world of sports takes flight; Vikings harness the explosive power of volcanoes to make gourmet salt.
The wizardry behind the push-button ballpoint pen saves millions of shirts from annoying ink stains; soldiers get their pizza fix deep behind enemy lines; a bunch of river weeds are transformed into hefty, must-have rugs.
Craftsmen reveal the three-hundred-year-old secret to hand making violins, millions of bottles of milk are delivered from farm to front door in under 48 hours and a rock born of Icelandic flame is bringing fire to homes throughout the world.
A Dutch company reveals their two-year process for building super yachts, astronauts are protected from the most-hostile environment known to man with space suits and a skilled Japanese chef creates a delicacy out of year-old, moldy fish.
Air traffic controllers must manage a beach airport that is flooded twice a day; cutting-edge technology brings a centuries-old processed food to local delis; Bavaria's unofficial national costume helps keep ancient crafts alive.
Fishermen transport lobster from the ocean floor to fine dining restaurants in just a few hours; craftsman follow a 300-year-old design when handcrafting couches; cutting-edge camera lenses are capable of seeing more than the human eye.
One of the world's most-advanced weather-testing facilities subjects cars to all the elements; handmade baseball gloves make the difference between a broken finger and a high-speed catch; traditional Christmas puddings light up holiday tables.
Manufacturers reveal the secrets behind how the world's biggest newspaper delivers over 80 million copies a day; how the modern sock is crafted to perfection; how 10,000 tons of blackcurrants are turned into a famous, fruity drink.
A company in South Africa turns up the heat by making charcoal the old-fashioned way, a Japanese factory cooks up oodles of noodles and Texas tech wizards design record-breaking gear for pole vaulters.
Tennessee trailblazers harvest freshwater pearls from the deep, blacksmiths unlock the ancient secrets of the blade that struck fear into the hearts of crusading knights and an ingenious water-transporting device is transforming life in Africa.
A knobby vegetable works to satisfy everyone's sweet tooth, the world's biggest bird helps battle dust with amazing dirt-sucking science and natural rubber is turned into balloons to get the party popping.
The carpenter's pencil makes a mark in the building trade, an herbaceous plant is turned into a dark and sweet candy and traditional techniques are used to create delicate lace for high-end fashion.
Manufacturers reveal the explosive secrets in producing one of the world's most-valuable metals, the artistry behind Japan's manga phenomenon and the centuries-old techniques for making sweet and sharp limoncello.
Turning Canadian red cedar into miles of timber cladding; handcrafting Spain's famous painted tiles; making five million jaffa cakes a day.
Building an advanced heavy lift plane; making boots that stay supple even when it's frozen solid; keeping store shelves stocked with ripe yellow bananas.
Building a monorail above the world's most crowded streets; Copenhagen's Flora Danica porcelain.
Using one of the slipperiest substances on Earth to make waterproof clothing for explorers, mountaineers and special forces soldiers.
Tiny pieces of metal that hold the world together; bitter fruit is transformed into a tangy treat; fashionable clothing technology.
Building heavy duty road rollers; bake bread in a can; making mobile phone with care and precision of Swiss watch.
Picking and processing tons of grapefruit; building conveyor belts to carry millions of luggage every year.
Making the finest harp strings; building roof windows that can keep out a hurricane; making Belgian waffles.
Scrap metal is made into a gourmet cooking machine; The exotic aromas of India are created by hand; how sailor's got their Dutch Courage.
A farm in the Netherlands is run almost completey by robots; one of the biggest toughest log stackers is put to work in Sweden; and grand pianos are navigated through the streets of New York.
Indian construction crews go green, using bamboo for most of their scaffolding needs; the secret to multicolored fireworks is finally unlocked.
Fashionable footwear; complete rooms are assembled in under two hours; some of the most valuable books and documents in the world are stored deep underground.
Processing the world's toughest and most expensive nut; lake water into tap water; holding back thousands of fans.
Biggest apartment block on the planet; classic British boots; cooking pans tough enough to last a lifetime.
Discovering how workers craft a classic Indian instrument, the Sitar, what it takes to make beef biltong and a behind the scenes look at building monster bulldozers.
Fashioning the iconic Fedora hat; cement that builds the world; harvesting and freezing millions of peas in under three hours.
Turning goat fleeces into fabrics; building a quad bike that turns into a jet ski; creating a harp.
How South Africa's famous redbush tea is produced; robots accurately route passengers' bags at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport; a historic hairbrush fit for a queen is made.
Keeping crooks from cracking credit cards; lifting a 1000 ton ship 70 meters into the air while it is still in the water.
The secrets behind making Parmesan cheese are revealed.
Workers weave a Middle Eastern masterpiece, and Olympic skis are built.
Workers farm seaweed used to hold sushi together.
Workers cast the iconic brass street lamps of Venice.
Ultra-light carbon bicycles are built, and pilots perform aerobatic stunts.
Workers roll out bagels New York style; performance tires fit for the racetrack are manufactured; world-renowned glassware is cast with ancient Chinese methods.
Trash collecting in Venice; Australian sheepskin boots; pond algae as a health supplement.
Turkish delight; silver; sunscreen.
The secrets behind creating canvases for painting are revealed.
Beehives are created that increase honey production.
Workers produce heat-proof glass with the help of a rare mineral.
A Scandinavian liquor travels around the world before it is consumed.
Aquavit; motorcycle leathers; cathedral.
Experts reveal how they prepare a brand-new port for large ships; technology used to recycle millions of plastic bags everyday; plain glass is turned into Christmas ornaments.
An expensive vinegar takes years to manufacture; special suits are made to keep divers warm and dry in the freezing depths of the ocean; planes are built to survive maneuvers that would tear most apart.
Soybeans are turned into mattresses, and workers manufacture airline seats.
Power-station fumes help produce plasterboard.
Workers manufacture millions of safe and sound-resistant car windows.
Apples are turned into a liquor that is almost as old as the United States.
Precious opal is mined beneath one of the hottest deserts in the world.
Saffron; ice roads; shelby.
Workers manufacture one of the world's most powerful locomotives.
Sardines are caught, cooked and canned by the billions.
Lush, green salad is grown on scorching desert plains.
Plane Painting; Clogs; Pasties.
Metalworkers cast bells fit for cathedrals; clearing the wreckage after a storm in America; millions of pounds of dates are harvested from desert oases.
World-famous Russian nesting dolls are carved from tree trunks.
Paris sewers; beretta; cotton.
Saffron that costs almost as much as gold is farmed.
Titanic engineering is used to produce the world's biggest tires.
Lion costumes are created for Chinese martial artists.
How do they produce marble, how do they make mahjong pieces and how do they build escape slides? FInd out as more items are put under microscope.
Finding out how products are manufactured around the world; this episode features information on Kamaz trucks, products for the hair, and the Canton Tower.
Pistachios are grown, harvested and processed by the billions.
Explores how various products are made around the globe, including how aloe vera, flags and the famous Russian matryoshka dolls are produced.
Chinamax; Russian standard; abalone.
Civet coffee; Petersburg Metro; chip maker.
Goat skins are turned into luxury leather goods.
Creating America's best-selling multi-tool; building the world's fastest racing car; the classic Finnish Aalto vase.
Panama hats; rounding up Florida's escaped pythons; keeping drivers safe in the world's longest tunnel.
How volcanoes help produce the world's best guacamole; building a truck that can cross a swamp; Fiskars scissors.
How traditional Tennessee whiskey is made; how night-vision goggles work; how Finns relax in a 160-degree sauna.
Building a modern fighter jet; Belgium's Trappist monks make the world's finest beers; America's best performing SUV.
Making footballs for the National Football League; how mussels are farmed; designing the ultimate fighter pilot's helmet.
How billions of bees produce a million tons of California almonds; clearing snow to keep Norway's planes flying; removing the toughest stains.
Making a cable strong enough to hold a bridge; modern hunters use medieval weapons; how stores determine the right sizes and colors to have in stock.
Building the world's most powerful trucks; solving crimes using the world's largest DNA database; making cheese with paraffin.
How do they grow the world's favorite ice cream flavor; build the anchors for the world's largest ships; produce 12 million lighters a year.
Crafting the finest classical guitars; how climbers keep the blades turning on a 100-meter wind turbine; making America's ultimate mowing machine.
Building a liferaft that will hold 150 people; golfers improve their shots with mind control; designing Jubilee postage stamps.
A drink made from cactus; New York City uses steam; making soft ice cream.
How stuntmen survive a day of being knocked down and beaten up; how they make a watercraft that can swim like a dolphin; how they mine precious amber.
Making and testing tennis balls; the ultimate surround sound home cinema system; supplying New York with the finest steaks.
How to turn trees into clothing and cloth; how to make English snuff; how to make fizzy drinks.
How to connect a billion people across the world; using grass to make vodka; building the world's most expensive cable car.
A skydiving suit that makes a man fly; making the world's smelliest food; turning weeds into walls.
How to turn rubber into chewing gum; making a fish hook to catch a shark; building the models at the world's largest Legoland.
How Japanese master chefs prepare the extremely poisonous puffer fish; freight trains; how Scots weave over 700 types of tartan for kilts.
Bowling balls; tower bridge; Gummy Bears.
World's biggest ice hockey rink and car plant.
A 700-hundred-year-old tree is made into a two-ton Japanese drum; how a factory produces thousands of cars and stays green; how Italians make pasta.
New York's Rikers Island prison; how the famous Royal Mail mail boxes are made; turning fruit into jam.
How Swiss cheese gets its holes; restoring a classic battle tank; robotic librarians run one of the world's biggest book collections.
How an oyster grows a perfect pearl; how they put the twist in classic Pennsylvania pretzels; how they build Venice's traditional gondolas.
Making playing cards that can defeat a cheat; brewing more than a billion bottles of lager a year; the world's most luxurious private jets.
How roulette wheels are made; making the world's purest olive oil; transforming a rusty wreck into a classic Batmobile.
How accordions are built; how wasabi is made; how they produce a duck call that can trick birds.
How they build and design Japanese toilets; use remote control helicopters to catch smugglers; make a steel drill that can cut concrete.
Rescuing the crew of a sunken submarine; a monster digger; a car that runs on beer.
Kepping a car on the road in a 24 hour race; turning sweet sugar cane into rum.
Farming the world's most expensive food; clay into china; Beckham and Kaka's boots.
How a 1700-seat circus tent is set up in 36 hours; turning Japanese maple and mahogany into an electric guitar.
Frankfurter; casino security; sniper rifles.
Powerboats that can go faster than sports cars; making Swiss watches; creating wallpaper fit for palaces and parliaments.
Navigating a cruise ship under a low bridge; locating Alba's famous white truffles; mining Trinidad's natural asphalt lake.
Tsukji; cricket bats; Parcels.
How to harvest, roast and turn peanuts into peanut butter; testing every device at home.
Learn how to make classic Irish stout; how silkworms function; how they put soup into cans.
How phosphates put out fires; refueling and resupplying a cruise ship.
The world's most versatile construction machines; the journey of beans to Thai sauce; how they maintain the Willis Tower Skydeck in Chicago.
How marble was mined for Washington Monument; making Tabasco sauce; storm proof umbrellas.
Diving for sponges; how cab drivers know the way.
Moving cash safely; catching big game fish; music of the bagpipes.
Turning water into whiskey; preparation and prevention of another disaster like Hurricane Katrina.
Protection in a car crash; how books are printed; how oil becomes margarine.
A look at how airplane tires find grip, how the fastest gun in the West is fired, and how artificial turf is put down.
How currency is designed and printed; how leather is turned into shoes.
How they turn cane into sugar; farming fish; making a suit in one day.
Converting sulphuric acid and lead into 100 million car batteries; turning cacao beans into bars of chocolate; how toothbrushes clean our teeth.
How the Eiffel Tower is maintained; making the ultimate motorcycle; cutting edge snowboards.
How to turn beans into decaf coffee; how to smoke fish; using water to power ships.
Determining how fires start; how oak trees are used in the winemaking process.
Building the world's fastest lawnmower; setting the price of bread; how coconuts clean water.
The world's most famous off-road vehicle; how cowboys stay on a bronco; turning wheat into flour and cakes.
Turning trees into matches; how does UPS get a package to your door in 24 hours.
Turning garbage from a St. Patrick's Day parade into energy to power New York City; turning luxury cars into sports cars; Damascus Steel.
Workers discuss how they turn rodent hair into a rodeo hat.
One of the world's biggest hotels caters to over 2,000 guests daily.
The technology behind special suits worn by jet fighters is revealed.
Workers drill through half a mile of solid rock.
Servicing jumbo jets; creating nuclear power; building pianos.
An old warship is turned into a playground for scuba divers.
Designing assembly lines; sealing wine bottles; removing salt from sea water.
Workers produce the giant propellers that push the world's biggest ships.
Workers blast through solid rock beneath a South African city.
Working in 600-degree heat; making champagne; expanding a port.
Manufacturing propellers; intelligent cars; turning metal into magnets.
How to maintain the world's biggest aquarium;, how to grow precious stones; building a Bentley.
Creating expensive perfumes, the recycling solution to solve Singapore's waste and overcrowding problems; making batteries.
Dirt is used for stainless steel; luxury limousines are lengthened to make a smooth ride; koalas' favorite snack is turned into office stationary.
Making military helicopters; metro systems; engineering artificial reefs.
Investigators show how they analyze the data stored on a plane's black box.
Turning the family car into a rally car; titanium and letters.
Go beneath the surface to understand forest fires, car exhaust and the space station.
The world's largest land-mining machine; how airboats are built; warehouse for car parts.
How black boxes survive an airplane crash; transporting giant steam turbines; making fireproof suits for race-car drivers.